The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-18

party to do 1t rather than see the man lay IN
his condition. The surgeons then proceeded to |
properly care for the sufferer.
The United States Express Company officials |
state that as yet they are not noticing any loss |
in business through the Baltimore q Ohio Ex- |
press Company coming in over the c., H. 81 |. to |
this city The United States Express carry their |
express matter east over the l., B. & w. to |
Springfield, o., then over the Bee Line into Gin |
cinnati having an arrangement by which the |
Bee Line hauls through car for them into Gin |
cinnati
In a social talk between railroad men high M |
in the ranks J. D. Laying. the new president Of
the Bee-line, being one of the number the sub |
ject turned to the Decline and the probability |
of there being any official changes under the new
presidency. Mr.. Laying intimated that there
would be few, il any. On this one of the ablest
railroad men IN this country remarked: .Well, |
you better let old man Beach, your general
manager, alone, as he has already come TO be
looked upon by railroad officials highest in au-
thority az being one Of the most capable man
ayers in the country" He added: ''He is hon.
est, economical and watches closely the inter
ests OF the company, and under his management
the earnings are showing up handsomely. and
the road bed and equipments are steadily being
improved"
The extreme caution with which the railroads
are approaching the dawn of the new era in
traffic management is fairly illustrated by the
following circular from George ". Rstine, gen
eral manager OF the Erie Dispatch 1.-The
passage of the acknowledgements BILL which
becomes law on April 5, 1857. makes il neces-
sary to give notice to all shippers OF all classes
OF property and to all connections, that tariffs
and special rates now in effect inconsistent with
that law will be Withdrawn on or before the bill
becomes law and new tariffs, made up in &C
cordance with the requirements of the law, will
be issued. to take effect on or previous to that
date AS soon as the policy is defined due notice
will be given, but in the meantime You will
please see that there are no arrangements OF any
account or character that will commit u.s. and
no arrangements must be made except from day
to day. 1t will be well for you to make mem
orardum of any points that occur to you, SO
that we may be able to issue circular at an
early date. and not be caught with any indlvid-
nal cases that will be in conflict with the law.
1t will also require considerable care on your
part to see that business is left over to be for
warded after the law goes into effect"
bill is pending before the Wisconsin
Legislature, permitting grade crossings to be
passed without stop if provided with interlock-
ing signals and switches, including derailing
switch. The same sensible law. which directly
tends both to economy and safety, is now In
| force in seven or eight States. and it is to be
hoped soon will be in all By electric locking
| track it is impossible to throw either the
switches or signals right for the other track the
system is made absolutely safe and even with
out it, it is safer than the ordinary crossing sig
| nails, with the stop. There is not State in the
Union where such law could be of more ad-
vantage to railroad interests than in Indiana, so
numerous are the grade crossings. The State
of Indiana, it is stated. averages grade cross
| ing every sixteen miles. The State of Ohio
| averages a grade crossing every seventeen and
half miles, at each of which average of nearly
| 900 trains stop yearly, with an average of
| about fourteen cars per train. at the most
| moderate estimate OF the cost Of STOP which
| we may take at % cents, the loss per year from
these stops is nearly equal to the capital invest
| ment for putting in such protecting apparatus.
In the States further west. the frequency OF
| cy,oh cirU 10 anch Thop no
| ings of some roads are OF SO little importance.
| Take. for instance. the T., c. e st. L. narrow
| guage, over which but train day is run
each way every twenty four hours Forty
| to come to standstll at the crossing of this
road at Cark's Hill and there are dozens of sim
liar cases within the State limits
The Future of the b. e. O. Unpromising.
There is feeling among the friends of the
Baltimore & Ohio at this point, and there are
many among shippers, honorably has the
management been in years past, that tho report
ed deal is an ill omen for the road and that, as
dividend payer, it will soon lose cast and there
| is quite holding of tha stock in Indiana some
| of which has been held in the same families
since first issued. According to the latest re-
ports, the control of the company will be put
into the hands of a syndicate by means of the
new corporate device of trust" and the great
object of consolidation will be attained by water
inc the stock to the extent of three dollars of
new stock to one of tho old capitalization.
possible profits Of working off $4,000
600 Of fictitious railway capital on in
vestors. The great advantage which the
| Baltimore 81 Ohio has held in its competition
with the other trunk lines has been the absence
of all water from its stock. With it's solid cap
ital it could earn dividends at rates which would
make the moderately watered roads reduce their
dividends. The fact that B. & o. has lately
ranged at about 160 or 10, and has paid to 10
per cent dividends. while the price of New York
Central and Lake Shore, taken as one line, have
not averaged over 100, and have paid from no
dividends at all up to or per cent, does not
by any means show that the Baltimore road is
the better situated or better managed for bust
ness. On the contrary, the earnings of the Cen.
tral-Lake Shore trunk line always exceeded
those of the Baltimore q Ohio more than two tC
one but the two Vanderbilt roads have about
$l40 900 900 of stock outstanding, against only
500, 600, 600 of the rival line.
!; Only Competent Men Should Be Employed
In this day of fast running on the leading
roads of this country it becomes more and NOR,
important that frst-class men should be em
J ployed in all departments which have any rela
ton to the train service. very intelligent ant
practical engineer says that 40 accident ever oc
Cured which was not due to caralessness some
where; he would make no exceptions. "If,
said he, "a train is wrecked by reason of a mis-
placed switch it is easy to detect the guilt!
} party, and some poor overworked. sleepy man il
, punished after the horrible mischief is done
There is use to throw the responsibility o,
Providence. Look, for instance, at tho nnmbe
of accidents caused by broken rails, and We
? hand-cars are sent out to prevent them; if tn
!, , rails were properly examined before and afte
the passage of each train there is no
: one chance in thousand for broker
rail to cause the death of hundred
8 of men and women" Since it became the rul
q to sound car wheels at different stations he hat
taken pains to note the number of accidents at
a ri nf cd To this I'D alSof to- OH